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Looking southeast from the Essex post office, down Sunflower Springs Road, a dirt road that rises up over the mountains

006_3-essex-sunflower-springs-road-800px.jpg I'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, CaliforniaThumbnailsCrossing over I-40 again on the Essex Road bridgeI'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, CaliforniaThumbnailsCrossing over I-40 again on the Essex Road bridgeI'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, CaliforniaThumbnailsCrossing over I-40 again on the Essex Road bridgeI'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, CaliforniaThumbnailsCrossing over I-40 again on the Essex Road bridgeI'm back at Essex, California again, after riding 16.5 miles down historic Route 66 from Goffs, CaliforniaThumbnailsCrossing over I-40 again on the Essex Road bridge

There's a lot of remote territory to explore back there, including several Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wilderness Areas.